**SPOILERS AHEAD** read at own risk. there are a lot of takes I see for Eloise (mostly negative ones) that I downright hate. they’re essentially trying to hold a teenager to the standards of today in her want for freedom not to mention everyone hates how she’s so dismissive and bitter about everyone else’s interests (stereotypical feminity) whilst completely ignoring the fact that everyone has ALWAYS not only ignored and dismissed her but FORCED her to take part in society in a way she does not WANT to. amidst all of this, we are also expecting that she be kind and palatable? and that to the very people who she feels is upholding the system? it’s true that all she’s done is complain, and is unaware of her own privilege to a certain degree, but such is true for every single other member of this society yet that criticism is only brought up in reference to a girl who has higher dreams than her position allows and doesn’t know the means to achieve them. her lack of knowledge along with no one actually taking the time to educate her about perfect feminism, doesn’t make her a “bad feminist’, exactly where and how would she get the perfect education? we have women today who are worse feminists than Eloise with all reasourced at their fingertips 💀. people are just mad it upset Hyacinth, and sure I don’t think hyacinth deserved to be treated that way since it’s not HER who was dismissive, but ultimately Hyacinth is a reminder of everything they expect Eloise to turn into (and if we recall, Eloise was WORSE to Daphne in season 1). people calling her a pick me also conveniently forget that when forced to dance with a suitor who said she was not like other girls she stood up for the women and said it’s all they were taught, now she’s also expected to be nice and like the convo of all those girls when NO-ONE validates her, even if they listen for a bit they move on and she’s left all alone. the ONLY exception to the rule is Cressida Cowper, and I believe they should’ve had Daphne help her (remember the favour thing in Season 1??) since as sneer-y as she is, no woman deserves that fate. I CAN understand she is by no means perfect, but literally no other character is, but the perpetuators of the system are not nearly as villainised as she is. can you imagine not wanting to be married and then being forced to perform what is essentially a humiation ritual so that a man might notice you like an exotic bird, to go from one cage from another. whether a cage is made from iron or gold, it is STILL a cage.